Indore: In a brilliant feat, Emerald Heights International Schools emerged the only school in the region to win an international award for its efforts towards bringing changes in society. The school has recently received the award in ‘Inventiveness’ category at the Round Square International Conference 2017, held at Cape Town in South Africa.
Over 180 schools from 50 countries had participated in the conference sharing their year’s work and contribution towards society. Competing against renowned schools from across the world, the school bagged the award based on their ideation and inventiveness. Giving credit to students, school principal Siddharth Singh said “We are happy to have such wonderful, inventive and hard working students, who spent time on this project.” He elaborated that students has collaborated with teachers under his leadership to achieve their goals in the preceding year.
Discussing the project that fetched the award to the school, Singh said “Our students had come with the idea of working for cancer, as many are suffering from it due to lack of care and awareness.” The project was aimed at identifying and minimising the risk of cancer amongst the high risk prone populations. “Under the project, students conducted a detailed survey to identify high risk prone population for cancer in and outside the school premises. Further, this survey was shared with Indore Cancer Foundation for research,” Singh said. “Further, students also ran various awareness campaigns, including one for uneducated school staff to explain them about risk factors and possible way to come out of deadly addictions. Students also had raised funds for the foundation,” he added.
What They Say
I led this project and this is the biggest achievement for my team and I. I cannot explain the thrill of being awarded for our efforts at an international conference. It is nice to see that our efforts were regarded inventive. It is a boost for us to continue finding ways to serve society
– Sahil Lalwani
We were definitely not expecting to win an award for the project. Honestly, working for the project was a delight because we could understand real-life situation of people around us. I am glad we are finally able to bring a small change
– Dev Seth
This is a beautiful surprise for all of us. It is so nice to see that our work and idea was recognised. This is not only good for us, but for the school and our juniors. These awards work as motivation for all the students to find inventive ways to work for society
– Kavya Shrivastava
Winning an award in international conference is truly an achievement that will become a lifetime memory for all of us. The project was very interesting and it motivated us to work for society as there is a lot to be done. Many people do not know about the ill-effects and risks of their simple chewing habit
– Harsh Jain
Wow! I am speechless. I cannot believe we actually won an award for our project. The project was already rewarding enough as we were able to help people
– Utkarash Dube
Project Members
– Sahil Lalwani
– Utkarsh Dube
– Harsh Jain
– Dev Seth
– Kavya Shrivastava
– Garima Gupta
– Gurveen Khanuja
– Kainat Zakarya
